MACAU

Hello, amazing.

Say.. culture shock, anybody? It's pretty awesome here. There's so much to say about the culture that I don't even know where to begin.

Firstly, the weather. I like how it can be 100+ degrees one day, but typhoon weather the next. The people here are completely used to it but me on the other hand... not so much. The bipolar nature of the weather reminds me of California though :P

God's been showing me so much through the love of my family. They don't even know me! And they've taken me in, fed me (seriously, we've eaten SO much) and gave me shelter (in SUCH a nice apartment with AC!). How much greater should the family of Christ be if a family like mine, who don't even know me, can be so loving. God's been showing me of those comparisons lately.

There isn't much to do in Macau except relax. Yesterday, we actually spent all day going from restaurant to street vendor to cafe, eating all day. It was nice; we just talked, walked, and ate. All day. There are also a lot of museums here to look at, and a lot of malls to shop at. We've been doing a lot of site seeing and... eating.

Love it here :) Pictures:

HAD THE BEEEST BOBA.

Saint Paul's

Family!

Fish spa: stick your feet in so they can bite you :X

@ the Venetian :x

Arrival!

I'm alive!

There isn't too much to say about a 16 hour flight and only being in Hong Kong for 3 hours. However, throughout the past day or so, God's been showing me his grace and providence:

- I got bumped up to business class during the bulk of my trip (from California to Japan).
- the family who is hosting me in Hong Kong is SUCH a God-send, from picking me up from the airport, to being on time, to paying for things like the taxi, to being super hospitable, to taking care of my sim card, to feeding me and everythaaang. Praise God.
- Even though my phone got tea spilled on it, it still works.
- I won't be taking the ferry to Macau tomorrow alone.

Yes, yes, yes. Current lesson? Trust God.

T-minus 12 hours

YIKES.

It feels like I have a ton to do and I'm feeling a little lost. In the process of throwing things in my suitcase, it makes me sad to think that I'll be doing this again soon after my trip to China but when I pack again, I won't be coming back for a long long time.

ANYWAYS. This is what I'm going to be doing during my 16 hour flight:

- sleep
- God time
- read (Lone Survivor by Marcus Luttrell, Vintage Jesus by Mark Driscoll, Tactics by Gregory Koukl)
-friendship bracelets
- music
- repeat

Who's excited? ME ME ME.

5 Days!

...until CHINA!

My heart is just a melting pot of emotions at the moment. On one hand, I'm a little nervous about the logistics, simply because I'll be in a foreign country where I'll be in the hands of relatives and family friends that I don't know quite too well. On the other hand, I'M GOING TO CHINA and I'm REALLY excited.

Focus: I'm praying that distractions of the Bay won't follow me across the Atlantic.

Expectations for this trip?

- serving His plan
- learn more about God and His amazingness
- long flights
- family time
- learning bits of Mandarin!
- VBS part 2!!
- getting lost...
- seeing millions and millions of Asian people
- PPW after =) =) =)
- great things from God


Yayayayay! 5 days.